According to the information published by the Ministry of Agroindustry of Argentina, in 2015, a total of 5.52 million pigs were slaughtered. This entails a rise by 8.9% with respect to 2014 (5,110,083 heads).
We must also highlight the increase in pork consumption, that has gone from 10.60 kg per capita in 2014 to 11.33 kg in 2015: a rise by 6.33%.
March 2016/ Swine Journal – December 2015/ Ministry of Agroindustry - Argentina
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